Hat construction



Dec. 24, 1940. F. H. LEE, JR

HAT CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 8, 1939 INVENTOR 2k H. Lee,

Patented Dec. 24, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAT CONSTRUCTION Application December 8, 1939, Serial No. 308,137

2 Claims. (0]. 2-179) This invention relates to a hat construction or the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a hat construction which will be pleasing in appearance and practical in construction. Another object is to provide a construction of the above character which may be easily manufactured from inexpensive materials. Another object is to provide a construction of the above character particularly suited for hats made from flexible material such as felts which are susceptible to a number of shapes according to the individual desires of the wearer. Another object is to provide a construction of the above character in which the usual hat band on the hat presents a neat appearance regardless of the shape which the hat assumes. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangements of parts as will be exemplified in the structure to be hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of the invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat having the features of my invention embodied therein;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the crown portion of the hat shown in Figure l; and

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 2.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

As conducive to a clearer understanding of certain features of this invention, it might here be pointed out that considerable difficulty has been experienced in an attempt to maintain modern felt hats or the like in neat condition regardless of the particular shapes assumed to suit the desires of individual wearers. Felt hats are almost always worn with certain indentations and usually such indentations appear in the sides of the crown portion near the front thereof to give the hat a generally triangular shape. All of these hats are usually provided with a hat band which fits snugly around the bottom section 01' the crown portion adjacent the brim, assuming a generally vertical position. When identations are formed in the hat either by the manufacturer or the wearer, the hat band remains as a. rule in its vertical position thus providing an unsightly space between the indentations formed therein and the hat band. Generally, these hat bands are stitched to the crown portion of the hat and the creation of this space between the hat band and the crown portion of the hat at the indentation points loosens these stitches so that the threads, which are usually a different color than the felt, have a tendency to loop out above the band portion to create an untidy appearance. One of the objects of this invention is to provide a hat construction in which the above-mentioned difiiculties as well as many others are successfully eliminated.

Referring now to Figure 1, there is shown a hat generally indicated at Ill including a crown portion II, a brim portion I2 and a hat band I3. Hat band I3 is in its usual position adjacent brim portion I2 and encircling the crown portion II to assume a generally vertical position. Indented portions I4 and I5 are formed in the front section of the crown portion II either by the manufacturer or by the wearer. While this is the general style now popular, it will be understood that such indentations might appear in any part of the crown portion, although such indentations generally are extensive and thus protrude below the upper edge I6 of the hat band I3.

The main body of hat band I3 may be formed from the usual textile material such as silk, rayon or the like and also may be provided with the usual ornamental bow H. A section I8 of hat band I3 is preferably formed from material having an elastic yarn woven therein. This whole section may be woven into the hat band in such a manner that it will be indistinguishable from the main body of the hat band. Section I8 is thus elastic and stretchable in longitudinal and lateral directions with respect to the hat band.

Referring now to Figures 2 and 3, it will be 40 seen that elastic section I8 of the hat band I3 is adjacent the indented portions I4 and I5 of the crown. It will be understood that if other styles are desired in which the indentations I4 and it appear at other points on the crown, the 41: elastic section I8 may be located in the hat band I3 to assume the same position with respect to the indentations. Accordingly, the elastic section I8 fits snugly within indentations I4 and I5 to rest firmly against the crown I I so that no space exists between any part of the hat band and the crown portion. In Figure 3, it will be seen that the indentation I4 bends inwardly at a point IS on the crown II which is approximately at the center line of the hat band I3. As shown in of the above invention and as many changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter hereinbefore set forth, or shown in the accompanying drawing, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 7

I claim:

1. In hat construction, in combination, a hat including a crown, indentations in said crown spaced from the brim of said hat, and an elastic hat band encircling the lower portion of said crown and extending over said indentations, said elastic hat band being stretchable in longitudinal and lateral directions, whereby the elasticity in said band permits it to curve in both circumferential and transverse directions to follow the contour of said indentations and thus fit snugly against said hat throughout the entire length of the band.

2. In hat construction, in combination, a hat including a crown, indentations in said crown spaced from the brim of said hat, a hat band encircling the lower portion of said crown and extending over said indentations, and an elastic section formed in said hat band in the portion thereof extending over said indentations, said elastic section being stretchable in longitudinal and lateral directions, whereby the elasticity in said section permits it to curve in both circumferential and transverse directions to follow the contour of said indentations and thus cause the hat band to fit snugly against the crown of said hat throughout the entire length of said band.

, FRANK H. LEE, JR. 

